Lightroom 6 Leak Shows GPU Use for Faster Editing, Panorama and HDR Creation
Lightroom 6 is coming soon, and a leaked product listing is giving us a good idea of what we can expect in the latest version of Adobe’s popular tool for photographers.
In other words, it seems the new version of the program will finally make use of your computer’s GPU (graphics processing unit) for faster performance, especially when editing photos using the Develop module.
There’s also talk of a fusion feature that merges multiple photos (including RAW photos) into seamless panoramas and an HDR feature for combining multiple exposures into single photos of high contrast scenes.
Other features mentioned include a non-destructive environment, advanced black-and-white conversions, presets, facial recognition for quickly finding and sorting photos by people, a powerful healing brush, a photo straightening tool that can work even without a horizon line, video slideshows, web galleries, online sharing, and photo book creation.
The French product page shows a release date of March 9th, 2015 and a price of €130 (~$150), so we’ll probably see the official announcement by Adobe very shortly.
Update: The French website’s product page has been taken down, suggesting that it was indeed a real listing that was posted prematurely.
